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K-hole

K-hole noun: the state of dissociation from (and lack of control over) the body that is commonly experienced after taking high doses of the drug ketamine.

Noun

K-hole

  1. (slang) The state of dissociation from (and lack of control over) the body that is commonly experienced after taking high doses of the drug ketamine.
    • Let's not focus on her. That'll be like entering a bad K-hole you'll never wake up from.2015 July 1, Sam Esmail, “eps1.1_ones-and-zer0es.mpeg”, in Mr. Robot, season 1, episode 2, spoken by Mr. Robot
    • Recreational users call it "special K," and the euphoric, hallucinatory experience it induces the "K-hole."2018 May 8, Moises Velasquez-Manoff, “Ketamine Stirs Up Hope—and Controversy—as a Depression Drug”, in WIRED

Origin of K-hole

From K (“ketamine”) + hole, from the notion that being in this state is comparable to being inside a hole, isolated or distanced from the real world.

Questions about K-hole

What does K-hole mean?
K-hole means the state of dissociation from (and lack of control over) the body that is commonly experienced after taking high doses of the drug ketamine.
What part of speech is K-hole?
K-hole is a noun.

Words near K-hole in the dictionary

  1. K-function
  2. K-gun
  3. K-hed
  4. K-heds
  5. K-Hell
  6. K-hole
  7. K-horror
  8. k-line
  9. k-lines
  10. K-Mag
  11. k-means clustering

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